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CVE-2015-7551

Published: 23 March 2016

The Fiddle::Handle implementation in ext/fiddle/handle.c in Ruby before 2.0.0-p648, 2.1 before 2.1.8, and 2.2 before 2.2.4, as distributed in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 and other products, mishandles tainting, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string, related to the DL module and the libffi library. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-5147 regression.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This is the same issue as CVE-2009-5147, except for other
releases than 1.9.1

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.4

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ruby1.9.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream Needs triage

vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

ruby2.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4)
upstream Needs triage

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

ruby2.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/339e11a7f178312d937b7c95dd3115ce7236597a
ruby2.2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.2.4-1)
vivid Does not exist

wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

ruby2.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.3.0)
vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Not vulnerable
(2.3.1-2~16.04)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(2.3.1-5build2)
zesty Not vulnerable
(2.3.3-1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.4
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H